by Peter Goodhall | Sep 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
The AMSAT FUNcube team are delighted to be able to announce that the FUNcube-1 CubeSat has now completed all its final testing and been placed into its launch POD. This work was completed during a three day programme at the premises of ISIS BV in Delft in the...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
NASA’s Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to transmit a coordinated message on the 28 MHz band to the Juno spacecraft. NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet,...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 4, 2013 | Daily Updates
Dmitry Pashkov UB4UAD has posted two images that he received on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. All you need to do to receive the SSTV pictures from the space station is to connected the audio output of a...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
It is reported on SatWatch that the 216 MHz US Space Fence, used to detect orbital objects, was turned off on September 1, 2013 at 0000 UT. The Air Force Space Surveillance System (AFSSS), known as the Space Fence, is a U.S. government multistatic radar system built...
by Peter Goodhall | Sep 2, 2013 | Daily Updates
Brent Salmi KB1LQD offers his thoughts on some of the challenges involved in putting a CubeSat or any other spacecraft into High Earth Orbit (HEO). This was originally posted on the AMSAT-BB and is reproduced here with Brent’s permission. I think this 2-part 4...
